Essays on Food Processing

The concept of free trade has indeed presented some industries as more appealing to the consumer than others. For instance, the standard practice is that most agricultural food processing and manufacturing industries are liked and loved by the public while the agricultural non-food processing industries such as the tobacco industry have been continuously subjected to criticism and unjustified treatment from the larger public. The tobacco industry, in particular, has been subjected to excessive taxation, stringent operational rules and regulations and publicly portrayed as a health hazard primarily because tobacco smoking and usage is associated with liver cirrhosis and some ...

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Strategic Management at Café de Coral Holdings Introduction The food industry is a promising one with growth potential. This is even same in the case of the fast food industry. The concept of eating out has established itself all over. One reason for this is the fast-paced life of the modern world. People are becoming more adventurous in terms of trying out newer cuisines and constantly looking for variety. The Strategic Management of one such company, the Café de Coral Holdings Limited (Listed ...

Weaknesses

Compromised quality assurance departments Most of the food processing company’s quality assurance departments have failed in their work of inspecting and recommending the sale of safe foods. These departments should ensure that the food that enters the market is safe for human consumption. They should also ensure the labeling of the food containers has no defects at all. Unfortunately, they are allowing unsafe foods to enter the market.

Poor customer service

The most important thing that food manufacturing companies should ensure is quality customer service. They provide quality products that meet the needs of the customers. However, focusing on the case ...

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After the 9/11 event agro-terrorism has continually been recognized as a national security threat. It aims at depriving citizens off the confidence they have in the government. The act also endangers human life as the contaminated food is unhealthy. Agriculture has much vulnerability and although it does not have the shocking factors as other terrorist strategies it may be used as a secondary target. The US not having been a victim of a large-scale, successful agro-terrorism attack is not a guarantee that the nation’s agricultural and food processing systems are secure. Many policies have been implemented and initiatives ...

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The composition of the foods people consume has a significant influence on their health. Whole certain components in certain foods offer protection against the development of certain disease conditions, the consumption of other components at certain levels might predispose one to certain diseases and disease conditions. The processing industries have a role to inform the consumer of the ingredients in their food products. This is necessary for the consumer to make informed decisions about their dietary choices. This requirement is enforced by the role through regulations passed by government agencies. Even then, certain compounds that are present in processed ...

Analysis of the Documentary Food, Inc. through the Lens of Ethical Theories and Ideas

Some may wonder whether the food choice is an ethical issue. After all, we make these choices at least three times a day and our individual decisions influence the global industry of food growth, production and processing. As Jones, Cardinal and Hayward remind us, we exist in society and are connected to other people. This is why our choices, in our case, the food choices, affect other people, and their decisions influence us as well (2006, p. 3). Various theories of ethics propose different ways of viewing the problems of food production and consumption and seek solutions in distinct ...

Two of the top companies in the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food industry

In modern life, people are becoming busier, thus, they spend very little time for traditional cooking. Due to growing demand for convenient food and thanks to the development of advanced technology, microwave becomes a useful and common tool in kitchen which helps people to save a lot of cooking time and effort as well as preserve the taste of food. The prevalent use of microwave in every household leads to the growing need for microwavable food. For this reason, many low-calorie frozen, microwavable food companies are found to provide high quality food with convenient way of cooking . At the ...

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This is an advocacy letter on hormones in food. There is growing fear that presence of hormones in food can potentially cause harm in humans. Despite the continued reassurances from food manufacturers on the safety of the hormones in the food, consumers remain a worried lot. This has been occasioned by the food processing companies’ reluctance to publish the foods that have hormones. With hormone containing foods unlabeled, associations between the introduction of hormonal ingredients into the food supply and human illness present a difficult task to be systematically tested and causation conclusively established. This letter is targeted at ...

Biotechnology has emerged as a major field few decades back but the art of science behind biotechnology primarily emerged with the discovery of natural process of fermentation by microorganisms. The microscopic world of microbes is diverse and huge as they are of multiple types classified into genus and species based on their morphological, biochemical and genetic abilities. They are helpful as well as harmful to the extremes for humans in many ways. Despite continuous efforts by biologists, their identity has been ambiguous and still a lot is waiting to be explored. Only 0.5% of the microbial world is known ...

Countries around the world are classified into three broad categories purposely for analytic use. The grouping of these countries is intended to reflect the status of their economic conditions. The countries are grouped as advanced economies, developing economies and least developed according to some criteria. In most cases the countries are grouped basing on their Gross National Income per capita per year. A country is said to be a developing country if her Gross National Income stands at US$ 11900 or less. A developing country is said to be still undergoing industrialization and has low human development index. A ...

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Food safety remains a serious issue in public health. Foodborne disease is the main threat to public health. It occurs when food gets contaminated with pathogens and is then ingested into the body. Food contamination occurs when there is a flaw in the food handling process that allows food to get into contact with the pathogens. Many efforts have been made to deal with food contamination. However, the food industry still faces many challenges some of which are emerging challenges. The dairy sectors are one of the sectors in the food industries facing numerous challenges. Nevertheless, it is one ...

History

Georgia is a state positioned in the Southern regions of the United States. It was an English colony founded in the year 1733 and was named in honor of King George II of the United Kingdom (McAuliffe 12). During the American Revolution, Georgia became a state and was among the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. Georgia was slow in its development, and it was not until the late 18th century that it began to prosper. It excelled in the field of agriculture and boasted of vast rice and cotton plantations. Georgia was among the wealthiest states in the south ...

Tetra Pak is a leading industry in the packaging and food processing industry. The company has utilized innovative strategies such as aseptic technology and integrated food processing machines into being a leader in innovation, providing excitement to its customers, and producing a wide range in offerings. The paper recommends some ways the company can use to segment its products, and at the same time market them. Factors to be considered during marketing would also be analysed. The importance of the environmental approach in Tetra Pak will be considered with an analysis of the importance of having a positive corporate image. In conclusion, the ...